Luis Aguilar Movies
Known by fans as the Wild Rooster, Luis Aguilar was one of the most popular singers and actors in his native Mexico and in the Spanish-speaking world. He frequently co-starred in films featuring Pedro Infante.The stocky Aguilar was born in Hermosillo, in the Mexican state of Sonora. He was discovered by Raul de Anda and made his feature film debut in Sota, Caballo y Rey in 1943 and went on to appear in over 200 feature films and several straight-to-video movies. His nickname came from two popular films, El Gallo Giro (The Rooster Rolls) (or The Black and White Gamecock) (1948) and Dos Gallos de Pelea (Two Gamecocks) (1949). Aguilar was best known for his Westerns and rancheras and he only occasionally ventured out into other genres. In the '60s, Aguilar began playing more character roles. In the mid-'70s, the actor took an almost decade-long hiatus from films. Upon his return, Aguilar resumed playing character roles in features and in telenovelas until his death from heart failure in October 1997. For his performance in Los Años de Greta (1991), Aguilar earned the Arial award (the Mexican Oscar). The group gave him a special award in 1996. In his later years, Aguilar commonly appeared on telenovelas in addition to his feature films. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1992
Gustavo may be the only one of Greta's relatives who will put up with her, but to his credit (and despite numerous provocations), he is a loyal nephew to this lively, demanding and uncomfortable woman. At first she is sleeping in her nephew's childrens' room, but her erratic sleeping habits disturb the youngsters and the family moves her into a maid's room near the roof of their house. Greta wants to be helpful; she washes dishes after meals from time to time, but breaks a great many of them. She also tries to pass messages along when she answers the phone but forgets them or messes them up. When she breaks a leg while running for the bus, the amount of care she needs is almost more than the beleaguered family can manage. Luckily, she has an old friend who is better situated who says that she wants to take care of her for the company she can provide. Greta blossoms in her new freedom and even undertakes an autumnal romance with an attractive old man named Pascual. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Beatriz Aguirre, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., (more)
From director Chano Urueta, this 1968 Mexican musical-comedy stars Manual Captillo as an overly confident man who makes the mistake of flirting with a tourist with the aim of riling up his sweetheart. Before long, his girlfriend is giving him a taste of his own medicine by taking up with a male tourist. El As de Oros also stars Flor Silvestre and Regina Torne. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Manuel Capetillo
- 1965
An innocent convict that is released after ten years seeks revenge on the people that set him up. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1964
José Maria (Luis Aguilar) is a widower with three children who tries to seek a better life for his family. He falls in love with Laura (Sonia Furio), and the two are later married. Things work out for a while until Laura becomes mentally unbalanced to the point where she is a homicidal maniac. Poor José! The film is aimed at the teen market. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Aguilar, Sonia Furio, (more)
- 1962
A performance by a Spanish singing cowboy fighting for the girl is the focus in this video. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1961
When El Correo del Norte was released in 1960, the Mexican film bureau had prohibited any drama which denigrated or trivialized the nation's history. That included the wild and certainly devastating Mexican Revolution with its classic heroes like Pancho Villa or Zapata (both assassinated). This 70-minute costume drama by director Gómez-Urquiza, Zacarias somehow miraculously got past the film bureau. Its hero wears a mask and a cape, is a completely fictional, and rides in to fight for the good guys against the bad guys. As the story unfolds, it is clear that he won the day for Mexico all by himself. Meant more for youngsters than adults, this is still an odd way to glorify the past. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Aguilar, Rosa de Castillo, (more)
A femme fatale to end all, the woman who stands at the center of Gilberto Gazcon's erotically-charged western drama Remolino plots and schemes to win the amorous adoration of three men on one ranch - father, son and the local martinet. Her deceptions inevitably lead to a heated confrontation between the suitors - meanwhile raising the pivotal question of whether they will recognize her true nature before the damage done is irreversible. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 1961
Set during the time of the Mexican Revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, this routine melodrama stars Luis Aguilar as a mythical (invented) masked hero fashioned after silver-screen swashbucklers or lawmen like Zorro or the Lone Ranger ("El Llanero Solitario," popular in translation on Latin American television for several years). The masked rider needs his face covered, of course, or his enemies will discover his real identity. At the same time, his enemies are masked, too, making it a rather anonymous war. The hero is put through his paces forwarding the cause of the Revolution, saving the requisite damsel in distress, and unmasking and toppling the bad guys. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Aguilar, Rosa de Castillo, (more)
- 1960
This routine Mexican Western spoof by Miguel M. Delgado stars Luis Aguilar and Lalo ("Piporro") Gonzales as a pair of old codgers at odds with each other. The two men are like night and day, one tends toward the decent, good side of life and the other just tends to disagree with him. Their two sons (also played by Aguilar and Gonzales) are similarly different from each other, but are oddly enough paired with the wrong father. The "good" dad has the "bad" son, and vice-versa. After several shoot-outs, romantic liaisons, and other classic Western scenes, the dueling quartet come to realize that the sons were switched at birth. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Aguilar, Eulalio González, (more)
This is a dramatic, entertaining, and largely fictional interpretation of a very non-fictional event and a real set of characters in the Mexican Revolution. The heroine, Juana Gallo is portrayed by one of Mexico's most famous female leads, María Felix. Gallo was born and raised in the state of Zapatecas, and after the man she loves is killed during the Revolution, her anger leads her to fight alongside the men from her region. Joining her in battle are a noble career military man (Jorge Mistral), a lowly, impoverished fellow (Luis Aguilar), and a humble campesino (Ignacio Lopez-Tarso). Gallo and her compatriots are headed for the climactic battle of Zacatecas, a heroic struggle that is written large across the pages of Mexican history. The actual Juana Gallo died in poverty in 1959. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maria Felix, Jorge Mistral, (more)
